Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Whitchurch, Cheshire West and Chester·SY13 4QS
Composite score
70.8
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#1,656
National rank
#195
In North West
#11
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 15 places
Applications from another council area
50%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
00.511.52
1 per place
1.0020221.6720231.0020241.1320251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
110
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,589
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Whitchurch, Cheshire West and Chester, Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 110 pupils aged 3 to 11. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 8.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.7%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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